The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.

For most of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is merely not known.